The deadline for house arrest of the Imam of the Mosque "Yardy" Velitov was extended

The Butyrsky court of Moscow extended until October 27 the term of home arrest of Imam Yardyam Mahmud Velitov, Interfax reports . He is accused of public justification of terrorism. The clergyman has already been charged under Article 205.2 (public calls for terrorist activity or public justification of terrorism).

“The preliminary investigation is extended until October 27, as it is necessary to conduct an examination and interrogate a witness,” investigator Nikita Ratnikov explained his request. According to him, the investigation is going to conduct a psychological-linguistic examination of literature, taken from Velitov at home and at the workplace.

Protection will appeal the court decision. The lawyer of Imam Dagir Khasavov said he appealed to the European Court of Human Rights, since moral and psychological torture was applied against Velitov.

As Khasavov noted before the court hearing, not one of the Islamic religious figures answered the appeal of Velitov, accused of justifying terrorism, with a request to evaluate his sermon. According to the lawyer, "the imams go underground."

Earlier, Velitov turned to the Supreme Mufti of Russia and the Council of Mufties with a request to evaluate the existence of signs of extremism in his preaching. "Sheikh Mahmud turned to the Supreme Mufti of Russia, the Council of Muftis, as well as to Patriarch Kirill in order to evaluate the presence of extremism in his preaching," the lawyer said.

On July 12, the Butyrsky district court of Moscow sent Velitov under house arrest until August 27. The court forbade the imam to use the Internet, mobile communications and a stationary phone, but allowed to communicate with medical workers. Imam has a disability of the second group, he also suffered a heart attack and stroke.

"According to investigators, on September 23, 2013 Velitov, consisted of the chairman of the Council and at the same time being an imam of a religious organization, during prayers in a mosque located along Khachaturian Street in the city of Moscow, publicly made a speech justifying the activities of one of the participants in the Khizb Ut -Tyrir terrorist organization," the press service of the SCR said, according to the conclusion of the conclusion. Psychological linguistic forensic examination, this contains a set of psychological and linguistic signs of justification of terrorist activities. ”

The detention of the clergyman was carried out by the operatives of the Center "E". In addition, the operatives conducted searches for several addresses - Velitov’s place of residence, as well as in the mosque itself. Velitov’s words were guilty of a Muslim religious figure Abdullah Gappaev, who was killed on the night of September 16, 2013 in Kizlyar under unclear circumstances. There were more than twenty gunshot wounds on his body. Gappaev's friends said that he received threats from the security forces. Gappaev was called to the police after the incident with a wedding motorcade in Kizlyar.

Velitov himself said on August 2 in the Moscow City Court that he had never opposed the state and did not support extremist organizations. He noted that he did not justify the activities of Gappaev, but only read a prayer for his muffled. "He was a good man, said. I did not know that he was in some extremist organization," Velitov noted. According to him, the investigation "makes an elephant from a fly," since Gappaev is already dead.